the front door of a florida jail just hours ago, but where is she now? also, today,abigdayfor the women of the u.s. world cup soccer team. they may be the odds on favorite to win the world cup final today, but they are not the favorites. i am t. j. holmes. thank you for being with us today. let's start with the story that seems to have come to some kind of an end. this is casey anthony leaving jail 12 days after being found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter. she walked out the front door, which was a surprise to many. anthony was found guilty of lying to police, and that got her a four--year-sentence, and you factor in time served and good behavior, and she's out. this comes three years and a day after she was first arrested on the disappearance of her daughter. david mattingly joins us. this was a surprise to many that she walked out the front door. >> reporter: that's right. there are a number of scenarios in mind, and they had several contingency plans at the jail depending what was going on at the time. as she walked out there were hundreds, very focal, and many holding

. jeter getting his 3,000th hit yesterday. >> that wasabigdayfor him and the yankees as a whole. yankees shortstop, derek jeter, reached the historic milestone on saturday. and ray d'alessio is joining me. it's a huge day for derek jeter. >> yankee's fans, they love this guy. what does he do? he goes out and gets his 3,000th hit. he hit it by hitting a home run. one of the nicest guys that as a member of the media that you can interview. and even bigger than him getting his 3,000th hit, and you are from jersey, and you now how rich the yankees players are. joe dimaggio, and none of them never reached the 3,000 hits, and derek jeter the first to do so. you have the young fan, and the fan who catches the ball -- >> he didn't have to give it back, did he? >> no, he could have sold this ball, and there was talk this ball could have gone for thousands. a life-long yankee fan. what does he say? jeter worked his rear end off. he got to meet jeter, and the yankees went ahead and gave him tickets to the championship suite for the remainder of the season, and he made out. >> ice cream, ho

start that race together and give youabighugat the finish line. >> sounds good. can't wait to see you. >> if you want to follow along with me or any members of the six-pack, logon to cnn.com/sanjay. thanks for being with us this morning. time now to get you back into the cnn newsroom for a check of of our top stories in the news right now. >>> good morning. same-sex couples are lining up in new york city right now. this is the day they have been waiting for for years. this is the day they can legally get married. the ceremonies start in a half hour in the city clerk offices around the city and our councilmember rauz are there. >>> also, an autopsy is planned soon for singer, amy winehouse. a tragic story. the grammy-winning talent found dead. >>> also, another new deadline set for the debt talks. house speaker, john boehner, says it's time to get this done, in a manner of hours before the asian markets open. >>> hello to you all. i am t. j. holmes. today is the day where many can wave the 24-hour standard waiting period so they can get married right away. many are starting

's hard to measure, but i think you are right to worry, because it could happen and beabigthing.>> just how big is the mystery since the highest rating downgraded would be unprecedented. it could cost the u.s. government $100 billion in extra borrowing costs over the term. consumers would also pay. >> we will get back to that in a moment. we wanted to bring you breaking developments. the verdict in the spying trial of two americans that have been held for two years now, you will remember the story. three hikers were arrested two years ago, and iran said they were illegally crossed into iran, and charged them with spying. and one was released and two remained in prison, and they had their day in court in tehran. and now we are told there has been a verdict, but do we know what it is yet? >> reporter: we do not know what the verdict is, but the court had the last session and within one week they will issue the verdict, and according to the attorney for the two that i just talked to, if the verdict is guilty but the sentence is about two years, which is the same time they have ser

. >>> return to the casey anthony murder trial. nowabigdayforward, because we're just about an hour before the start of court this morning, and yes, they are in court this morning on a sunday, and they are getting ready for closing arguments. what you are seeing here, a vigil that was set up to remember caylee. animals and flowers set up across the street from where the girl was found. >> makes it more real than what you see on television. >> i followed the trial since they found the baby and everything that happened, and it's heart wrenching, and i cannot believe somebody could be so cruel. >> closing arguments are set for just about an hour, and the jury has been saw questered this entire hour. they have been trying to get this thing moving and over with quite frankly. and casey is facing seven charges, including capital murder. >>> we want to update you on a story we first told you about yesterday. an american captain is under arrest. the captain is supposed to be in court tuesday. it's meant to challenge the naval block aid of the palestinian territory. >>> we now have ten republican c